November 14, 2008

Well, Christmas is approaching us and it seems like it is coming at a faster pace this year for me. Given the state of the economy, I am sure folks will be looking for the best buys and may even be doing more on-line shopping. My web page, Christmas Fun and Shopping for 2008, has been designed to meet the needs of those who want to shop on-line as well as have some fun while doing so. I have also tried to identify those businesses that offer Pay Pal services in addition to credit cards. So, grab a cup of coffee and have some fun while you shop for the holidays. And remember, if you shop from home you probably won't feel like dropping from shopping.

November 3, 2008

The connection to radicalism never seems to end for Obama. See what news.newsmax.com has to say about his connection to Marilyn Katz, student radical from the 1960s, but who was principal organizer of the October 2002 anti-war demonstration in Chicago where Obama first expressed his opposition to the looming Iraq war. ******************************

Obama Has Links to ANOTHER '60s Radical

Barack Obama has consistently sought to distance himself from former domestic terrorist Bill Ayers. But it’s a different story with another student radical from the 1960s — Marilyn Katz — who is actually on Obama’s fundraising team.

Katz, a public relations executive in Chicago, serves on Obama’s national finance committee. She is listed as a fundraising “bundler” on his Web site, has hosted fundraisers for the candidate, and attended the Democratic Convention as part of the Illinois delegation.

But during the violent protests of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Katz was the security chief for the radical Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), which spawned Ayers and the Weather Underground.

In 1969, an undercover policeman named William Frapolly testified at the “Chicago Seven” trials, and prosecutors asked him to describe his collaboration with organizers of the protest the previous year.

He testified that one night in Chicago’s Lincoln Park, Katz briefed a group of protesters on the use of “guerilla nails.”

“She had two types,” he told the court.

“One was a cluster of nails that were sharpened at both ends, and they were fastened in the center. It looked like they were welded or soldered. She said these were good for throwing or putting underneath tires.

“She showed another set that was the same type of nails sharpened at both ends, but they were put through a Styrofoam cylinder.”

A prosecutor asked, “To whom was she showing these objects?”

Frapolly answered, “Everyone in the group.”

Katz was a principal organizer of the October 2002 anti-war demonstration in Chicago where Obama first expressed his opposition to the looming Iraq war.

In 2005, she co-authored the book “Stopping War, Seeking Justice” along with longtime Marxist and Obama supporter Carl Davidson.

Now she is co-chair of Chicagoans Against War & Injustice, and her public relations firm is working on contracts with the city of Chicago worth millions of dollars. She lists as her clients the city’s housing authority, law department, and departments of housing, human services, streets and sanitation, and public health, among others.

As for her relationship with Ayers, who admitted helping to bomb the U.S. Capitol and the Pentagon in the 1970s, the Tribune reported that she has said, “Bill and I were in different parts of SDS. We disagreed on tactics.”

Guy Benson wrote on Townhall.com about Obama’s Katz connection: “There are so many objectionable figures in Obama’s social milieu, new revelations about yet another garden variety radical may elicit shrugs at this point . . .

“Perhaps it follows that someone who preferred lobbing guerilla nails at police over planting pipe bombs in federal buildings would be integrated into Obama’s official campaign apparatus without so much as a second look.”

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I am a retired grandmother who lost her husband of 42 years in 2010, to cancer. I relocated from Ventura, CA to a community near Salt Lake City, Utah to be with my son, daughter-in-law and two granddaughters.
I am a believer in Jesus our Lord and in the true Sabbath as our worship day. I am learning more and more about what our role is here on Earth as well as what it will be when Yahshua returns.
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The American people came out on July 4 to protest high taxes and run-a-way government spending. From 11:00 till 2:00 p.m., citizens of Ventura, CA came out to show their support for less taxes and less government interference. As a spectator and one who attended the first Ventura Tea Party, I would say we doubled the turnout of patriots.

All across the country the signs, flags and banners that were carried at the tea parties showed the position that the American people are taking toward its government. They are mad and they are not going to take it anymore!

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BIO..I am a relatively new blogger who is hoping to expand her blogging wings on this site. I am not new to computers, or the Internet, or writing, but this thing called blogging has captivated me.

I can remember a time when writing and receiving letters was exciting. And, if we look back into history, it was an art. Good penmanship was a part of one's character. When did we stop communicating with flair? Or did we always have it, and because we are basically lazy creatures, the Internet has encouraged it to emerge up out of us.

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May 21, 2008

I wonder if most of you know what your going to do come voting time? I am not to thrilled with my choices. With the issues on immigration, America's involvement in the Middle East, and the National Debt......I am not sure there is a candidate out there who will do what he/she says they will do. And, can we afford it?

I am concerned about the family. I want to know what is going to happen with education and what cultural issues my granddaughter will face in 16 years. I've just written a new lens and would like feedback regarding it. Take a moment and visit www.squidoo.com/generationborn2008